FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Great Lakes. Appendix, Report of Commissioner, 



U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1901, pp. 575-657. 

 Statistics of the Fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1903. Appendix, Report, U. S. 



Bureau of Fisheries, 1904, pp. 643-731. 

 Fisheries of the United States, 1908. Special Report, Bureau of the Census, 1911. 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF FISHES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



For the sake of clarity as to the species referred to in the tables 

 and discussions of the fisheries of the Great Lakes, the following list 

 of common and scientific names of fishes is appended, the common 

 name being the first given in every instance. 



Bowfin Amiatus calvus. 



Burbot Lota maculosa. 



Carp, Asiatic Cyprinus carpio. 



p ^ , f Araeirus (species). 



^^^°^" \Idalurus jpundatus. 



Ciscoes ' Leucichthys (species). ^ 



Eel Anguilla chrysypa. 



Gold-eye Amphiodon alosoides. 



Muskellunge Esox masquinongy. 



p., (Esox lucius. 



® \Esox vermtculatus. 



Pike perch (blue pike) Stizostedion vitreum. 



Pike perch (wall-eyed or yellow pike) Stizostedion vitreum. 



Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris. 



Sauger .Stizostedion canadense griseum. 



Sheepshead or drum Aplodinotus gnmniens. 



Sturgeon Acipenser rubicundus. 



Suckers Catostomidae (species). 



Sunfishes Centrarchidge (species). 



Trout, lake Cristivomer namayciish. 



Trout, steelhead Salmo gairdneri. 



White bass Roccus chrysops. 



-rrru •■ r; 1 „ „„ { Corcnonus clupeiformis. 



Whitensh, common { ri ?!, 



, wuuuwii. \Coregonus alhus. 



Whitefish, menominee Coregonus quadrilateralis. 



Yellow perch Percaflavescens. 



GENERAL STATISTICS. 



In presenting the detailed statistics of the fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes it has been necessary to make some revisions of the preliminary 

 statistics previously published, and the statistics of the fisheries of 

 Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and Lakes Kabetogama and La 

 Croix are shown in separate tables. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of this entire region 

 in 1917 was 9,416; the investment was $10,732,879; and the products 

 amounted to 106,436,392 pounds, valued at $6,413,527. 



In the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1917 the number of persons 

 engaged was 9,221, of whom, 2,141 were on vessels fishing and trans- 

 porting fishery products, 5,076 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 2,004 

 employed as shoresmen in the fisheries and wholesale fishery trade. 

 In the fisheries of the various lakes the number of persons engaged 

 was as follows: Superior, 1,348; Michigan, 3,313; Huron, 1,348; St. 

 Clair and the St. Clair River, 64; Erie, 2,770; and Ontario, including 

 the St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, 378. Compared with the returns 

 for 1903, the year for which the last previous canvass was made by 



1 Includes lake herring, chub, longjaw, bluefln or blackfln, and tullibee. 



